Person with legal responsibility

Person in charge of EU relations

Firstname, Surname:

Mr
JEAN PAUL BEENS

Position:

Head of Public Affairs and Industry Relations

Goals / remit

Goals / remit of the organisation:

Yara is an old norse word for "a good year", characterized by a good harvest.We try to live up to the ambition in our name in many ways and at many levels. Our primary activity is the production and distribution of plant nutrients, combined with extension service and knowledge transfer, help farmers get better yield and deliver healthy food to a growing population in the most effective and sustainable way. We enable more biomass growth to deliver renewable energy to the world. With our industrial environmental products we help cleanse the air and eliminate toxic waste by delivering new and innovative solutions for the control and capture of emissions.

The organisation's fields of interests are:

global

Specific activities covered by the Register

Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files followed by the organisation:

Membership and affiliation

Membership of any associations/(con)federations/networks or other bodies:

Yara is a member of Fertilizers Europe/European Fertilizer Manufacturers Association.(FE/EFMA)Yara is a member of the International Fertilizers Association IFAYara is through its production/sales locations also member of the national fertilizer associations throughout the EU and abroad.Friends of EuropeCool Farm AllianceCEFICEuropean industrial gasses association EIGA

Financial data

Financial year:

01/2014
-
12/2014

Estimate of the annual costs related to activities covered by the register:

700,000 € - 799,999 €

Most recent financial information about funding received from the EU institutions:

No funding received from the EU institutions during the last closed financial year.

Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:

In 2013, Yara International ASA globally had over 23 million tons of fertilizer sales and little under 4 million tons of industrial and environmental solution products globally.Global turnover amounts to approx. 15 billion USD.More financial details can be found on http://www.yara.com/investor_relations/latest_annual_report/index.aspx

Code of conduct

By its registration the organisation has signed the Transparency Register Code of Conduct.